Education & learning publications
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Supporting Generative Thinking About the Integer Number Line in Elementary Mathematics
This report provides evidence of the influence of a tutorial “communication game” on fifth graders’ generative understanding of the integer number line. Analyses of micro-constructions during play revealed properties of…
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Strategies for Recruitment and Retention of Secondary Teachers in Central Region Rural Schools
This study sought to identify differences in strategies used for teacher recruitment and retention by successful and non-successful rural high schools.
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Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies
The meta-analysis found that, on average, students in online learning conditions performed modestly better than those receiving face-to-face instruction. Analysts noted that these blended conditions often included additional learning time…
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Resequencing of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Genes and Association of Common and Rare Variants with the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence
We investigated the contribution of common SNPs and rare single-nucleotide variants in nAChR genes to Fagerström test for nicotine dependence scores in treatment-seeking smokers.
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Validity of Recall of Tobacco Use in Two Prospective Cohorts
This project studied the convergent validity of current recall of tobacco-related health behaviors, compared with prospective self-report collected earlier at two sites.
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Alpha 6 Beta 2*And Alpha 4 Beta 2*Nicotinic Receptors Both Regulate Dopamine Signaling with Increased Nigrostriatal Damage: Relevance to Parkinson’s Disease
We investigated the effect of varying nigrostriatal damage on α6β2* and α4β2* receptor-modulated dopamine signaling using cyclic voltammetry.
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Language Analytics for Assessing Brain Health: Cognitive Impairment, Depression and Pre-Symptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease
We present data demonstrating how brain health may be assessed by applying data-mining and text analytics to patient language.
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Scaffolding Group Explanation and Feedback with Handheld Technology: Impact on Students’ Mathematics Learning
We compared group and individual learning feedback, using two technologies: (1) Technology-mediated, Peer-Assisted Learning and (2) a popular desktop product, which provides feedback to individual students as they solve fractions…
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Scaffolding Group Explanation and Feedback with Handheld Technology: Impact on Students’ Mathematics Learning
We compared group and individual feedback, using two technologies: Technology-mediated, Peer-Assisted Learning (TechPALS), and a popular desktop product, which provides feedback to individual students as they solve fractions problems individually.
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Middle School Student Mathematics Learning: An Analysis of a Student Population in Texas
We examined the population of students who participated in the seventh-grade year 1 randomized controlled experiment in Texas designed to test the effectiveness of SimCalc in improving student mathematics learning…
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The Early College High School Initiative: an Overview of Five Evaluation Years
This article will provide an overview of the key findings across 5 years of the ECHSI evaluation, in particular highlighting how participants have implemented the ECHSI's core principles.
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Using Design Personas To Inform Refinements To Software For Science Learning
In this paper, we describe the process of creating personas to inform refinements to the design of software designed to help elementary students create concept maps of science topics they…